XPENG Robotics

XPeng Robotics develops a kid‑sized quadruped "pony" robot that can navigate autonomously, respond to voice commands, and interact with humans. The company released animated and real‑life teaser videos showing a pony robot nodding, blinking, transporting snacks and being ridden by a child. It describes itself as an "ecosystem company" of XPeng and appears to leverage shared technologies such as autonomous driving. Six years after its 2016 founding, XPeng Robotics has not set a delivery date but expects "intelligent robots to enter households in the next two years." The startup is headquartered in Shenzhen with R&D centers in Guangzhou, Beijing and Silicon Valley, and has more than 300 employees, about 80% of whom work in R&D. The firm is focused on deepening hardware and software R&D, hiring top‑tier talent, and accelerating product development and iteration.

Founded by He Xiaopeng (Founder and Chairman of XPeng; founder/CEO of the XPENG Robotics business), Zhao Tongyang (Founder of Dogotix, the robotics company acquired in 2020 that became XPENG Robotics (Pengxing Intelligent))